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Services will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 7 at Mount Calvery Primitive Baptist Church in the Robertsville Community, with burial following in Sunnyvale Cemetery in Quincy. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday.

He leaves to cherish his memories his two loving daughters, Ethel Harvey of Quincy and Sebrenia Baker of Orlando; sons, Roy Lodman and JahReal “Anton” AnaJah of Tallahassee; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Eddie Lou James, 97, of Quincy, died Jan. 15, 2009 in Lakeland. Services were held Jan. 21 at Arnett Chapel AME, with burial at Sunyvale Cemetery.

She is survived by her daughters, Joelene Hayling of Ft. Pierce and Ann Adderley of Lakeland; daughter-in-law, Erma James of Newark, N.J.; foster daughter, Sharon Douglas Rolle of Miami; and seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Menola Bama Cook Beck, 90, of Bonifay, died Jan. 18, 2009 at her home. She was born March 9, 1918 in Bartow to the late Henry and Mattie Pettis Hinson. Beck was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Frank Beck; her children’s father, Gordon Cook; son, William Quay Cook and his father, Tom Cook; grandson, James Keith Haskins; great-granddaughter, Kylie Shaw; brothers, Alcus Hinson, Lexie Hinson, Aubrey Hinson and Dewey Hinson; and sisters, Marylee Mahan and Mayvee Owens.